PROGRAMS
After School Care
Patriots' After School Care Program includes homework help, open recreation, arts & crafts, cooking, computer lab, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, gardening, and a nutritious snack. Open to kids 5-14 years of age. Must be pre-registered to attend.
Rates: $85 per week per child. Partial Scholarship assistance may be available.
YWCA Child Care Solutions accepted.
Summer Camp
Enjoy a safe, educational, fun filled summer. Weekly activities include: Tech Wizards, gardening, cooking, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports, computer lab, organized games, arts & crafts, and field trips. Snacks and lunches provided. Open to ages 5-12. Must be pre-registered.
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Rockford Patriots Boxing Club!
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Patriots’ Amateur Boxing Program teaches participants boxing techniques, discipline and the importance of settling differences through nonviolence and the code of conduct of amateur boxing. Boxing engages participants in physical training for building stamina, endurance, proper fitness. Youth do sit-ups, ring rotation, staying off of the ropes and shadow boxing. The youth train Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for 2-3 hours a day.
Jimmy Goodman says “We’re trying to produce good citizens with character and integrity, not just boxers. In the culture of the streets, someone says something bad to you, you want to say something back and you want to fight. We are trying to change that for the youth in the program. The Boxing Program offers discipline and structure. If you are in our program and we’re teaching you how to box, you can’t use this (boxing skills) outside of our program or you will be disqualified. If you are trained to fight, someone picks a fight with you, and you know you can’t use what you have been taught, you maintain control. You learn that what someone else says doesn’t control you, you control yourself.” ( Boxing has many teaching aspects for life skills.)
Patriots Boxing program is sponsored in part by United Way
Patriots One Shot Basketball
A developmental basketball program providing instruction in the fundamentals of basketball & sportsmanship, with the goal of having fun and developing life-long enjoyment through sports. Beginning and intermediate skill level. Teams are coed. Open to boys in elementary and middle school. ​Register at Patriots now!
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Coach Mike Newble is the volunteer who coordinates the four different teams!
Urban Farm Program
We have several raised beds at Patriots. The children and youth in our programs learn how to plant, tend, weed, raise and harvest fresh produce. They learn about selling them at the Rockford Midtown Market and how to prepare vegetables for cooking.
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Our Urban Farmers is Denzel Banks.
